2025 CPW Draft Licenses Recommendations

[cnelk]

Here are the Draft recommendations for Big Game licenses by species

DRAFT-2025-Big-Game-License-Recommendation-Summary---PWC-Mailing.pdf

cpw.widen.net

 

[cnelk]

A person can now see how many licenses are issued [proposed] for NonRes archery Elk per DAU

 

[bz_711]

Great info...thanks for that.

Seems like this could have been handy before the app deadline...but overall looks like odds good for guys to get elk tags.

A little surprised how quickly the NW winter kill areas are rebounding and how fast they have been to add cow tags back to units that had restricted cow tags recently. Hope it's legit and herd is doing great!

 

[guylaga]

The target population for DAU 35 in 2024 has to be an error right? 165,000????

 

[MallardSX2]

The target population for DAU 35 in 2024 has to be an error right? 165,000????

I saw that. I think they were going for 16,500 and fat fingered a 0.

 

[IrkedCitizen]

Remind me to stay out of GMU 62 during archery season. 1,300 NR ES Archery tags. Yikes

12,415 NR ES Archery tags total for all DAU

 

[Fever Buck]

Remind me to stay out of GMU 62 during archery season. 1,300 NR ES Archery tags. Yikes

12,415 NR ES Archery tags total for all DAU

My one and only archery season in Colorado was in 62. We took a 3 mile ATV trail and hiked 3 additional miles on foot to a wallow at 4am. Sat in the dark until the sun came up and 2 guys were sitting 20 yards across the wallow from us. A couple of minutes later, some other group of hunters ripped a bugle and 3 other groups answered back about 200 yards down the trail from us. I watched a guy sprint across a meadow chasing after another hunter bugling that evening in the same area. Made Meeker seem like a private land hunt.

 

[camelcluch]

The increase in deer tags seems strange for any unit since mule deer are struggling across the west.

 

[KsRancher]

I don't have a computer. When I open it up on my phone it blurry and can't read it for some reason.

 

[Zeke6951]

Are these increases based on biology or budget?

 

[bz_711]

Are these increases based on biology or budget?

With the path CO is on...it does make me nervous. I sure hope it's biology and elk and deer numbers are what they say.

 

[Jaden Bales]

The increase in deer tags seems strange for any unit since mule deer are struggling across the west.

I'd love to see their fawn numbers the last two years. We're setting records in Wyoming, specifically right by the Colorado border and west, so I'd imagine they had record-breaking fawn production, too. With that comes a flood of young bucks, and those bucks have high mortality anyway, so Game and Fish Agencies everywhere like giving opportunity on them.

Unfortunately, the unit I applied for has a slight decrease in buck tags and I was just one point into the 100% pool, so hopefully creep doesn't get a guy!

 

[alexnelon]

Looks like they didn't get the "last hurrah" of OTC tag sales that a lot of the doom and gloom brigade were expecting.

Tag sales going down again even as they keep increasing quotas is interesting. No wonder they keep jacking up prices after losing $3,000,000+ in tag revenue multiple times in the last 4 years.

 

[bucksnbirds]

I don't have a computer. When I open it up on my phone it blurry and can't read it for some reason.

Use the +/- buttons on your page instead of zooming with your fingers

 

[cuerro viejo]

A person can now see how many licenses are issued [proposed] for NonRes archery Elk per DAU

They couldn’t tell me how many were going to be allocated to an all private unit, before or during appliance window. Pretty sad,

 

[jgilber5]

They have to make sure you spend your $ before you have data that might change your mind

 

[KsRancher]

Use the +/- buttons on your page instead of zooming with your fingers

thanks. I never was accused of being very smart

 

[MeatInTheFreezer]

Here are the Draft recommendations for Big Game licenses by species

DRAFT-2025-Big-Game-License-Recommendation-Summary---PWC-Mailing.pdf

cpw.widen.net

Can always count on you to post the good data for CO. Thanks dude.

 

[atmat]

thanks. I never was accused of being very smart

I did the same thing dude. We’re dumb together.

 

[mariodpu17]

Thanks for sharing this. I found it helpful!